Biografía
He was a Swedish-born (he was half Italian) whaler-painter who worked in the Arctic from 1890 to the 1930s. His work was in a "primitive" style and captured scenes of daily life of the whalers in the Western Arctic.
He himself was a whaler.
He painted some murals in Alaska.
He was the Master of the Star of Alaska in 1925.
In 1941 he was the Master of the Scottish Lady. During the Second World War he was Master of some Liberty Ships.
Referencias
The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest Ed. Gordon Newell (1966)
